Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) said Nov. 10 that he remains "committed to passing meaningful, balanced climate change legislation" that cuts U.S. greenhouse gas emissions without harming the economy. But Baucus said he is working to ensure that climate legislation "can muster enough votes to become law" in the Senate, where supporters will need 60 votes to force a vote on the measure on the floor. His comments at a Finance Committee hearing came less than a week after he cast the lone Democratic vote against climate legislation (S. 1733) that cleared the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee by a vote of 11-1 (40 ER 2552, 11/6/09).
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机译：参议院财政委员会主席马克斯·鲍克斯（Max Baucus）（美国蒙大拿州）11月10日说，他仍然“致力于通过有意义的，平衡的气候变化立法”，该立法削减了美国的温室气体排放量，而没有损害经济。但是鲍库斯说，他正在努力确保气候立法“能够聚集足够的选票以成为参议院的法律”，参议院的支持者将需要60票，才能就该措施进行表决。他在财政委员会的听证会上发表评论的时间不到一周，此前他对反对气候立法的唯一民主党投票（S. 1733），以11比1的投票通过了参议院环境与公共工程委员会的投票（40 ER 2552，11 / 6/09）。
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